PROGRAMME DE BOURSES 2015

PROGRAMME DE BOURSES
2015
2015 SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM
Jennifer Rodriguez
Responsable des programmes éducatifs
CODOFIL
735 rue Jefferson
Lafayette, LA 70501
tél: 337.262.5983
courriel: [email protected]
www.codofil.org
Eligibility criteria

You must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident of the U.S.

If you are a high school student in Louisiana, your school’s French Club must be a member of and
participate in the Association louisianaise de clubs français des écoles secondaires (ALCFES) convention for you to pursue a scholarship. Only one student per high school is allowed to participate
in the scholarship competition during the ALCFES convention and the student is selected by his/
her French Club director. The ALCFES convention will be February 27-March 1, 2015 at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 4728 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. For more information about
ALCFES: www.alcfes.com

You must be either a full-time student at a Louisiana university or a full-time teacher of French in
the Louisiana school system.

University students must have a declared Major in French Education or French Liberal Arts or a
declared Minor in French Liberal Arts. Students must have an overall GPA of at least 2.5. Students
must have a GPA of at least 2.75 for their French courses.

For universities who offer 3 credit hours for the beginners-level French course, students must
have completed a minimum of 13 hours of university French. For universities who offer 5 credit
hours for the beginners-level French course, students must have completed a minimum of 15
hours of university French. Credit received from Advanced Placement Testing is counted toward
credit requirements.

Qualifying students and teachers in both private and public institutions may apply for a scholarship.

Only full-time teachers of French in Louisiana who are U.S. citizens or who are permanent
residents of the U.S. may apply for a scholarship.

If you are a young professional, you must have the desire to improve your French in order to make
your workplace more franco-responsible.

Please note that certain scholarships have additional and/or particular requirements.

Please note that scholarships may be added to this program at a later date.
You are a high school student...
Here are your opportunities...
Partner institution
1. Université de Mons, Belgium
Duration
2½ weeks
Number of scholarships
available
3 scholarships
How to apply
ALCFES or SLU
Foreign Language Festival
2. Université Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia
5 weeks
1 full scholarship and multiple
partial scholarships
 Judge Allen Babineaux Scholarship
———
$1,000 for airfare
 John Ashby "Ti Jean" Hernandez, III
Scholarship
———
$500 for airfare
4 weeks
1 scholarship
ALCFES
2-3 weeks
1 scholarship
ALCFES
———
$1,000 for airfare
3. Ecole Suisse, France
4. Jason Dyess Scholarship (France)
 Jason Dyess Scholarship
5. Centre Linguistique du Collège de
Jonquière, Québec
5 weeks
ALCFES
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ALCFES
1.
(Université de Mons) Wallonie-Bruxelles International offers three scholarships to the summer program (July 1-17, 2015) at the
Université de Mons. These scholarships are reserved for Louisiana high school seniors who will be 18 years of age by July 1
2015, who participate in the ALCFES convention (February 27-March 1, 2015) or at the SLU Foreign Language Festival in Hammond (March 20, 2015). This scholarship includes tuition, lodging fees for the university dorm, a daily stipend to cover meals
and medical insurance and civil liability. The scholarship recipient is responsible for paying his/her travel expenses. Please speak
with your French Club director or French teacher for details on how to compete for this scholarship.
2.
(Université Sainte-Anne) Université Sainte-Anne offers one full scholarship and multiple partial scholarships for their summer
immersion program (July 5-August 8, 2015) to Louisiana high school students attending the ALCFES convention (February 27March 1, 2015). The recipient of the full scholarship will additionally benefit from the Judge Allen Babineaux Scholarship, a
$1,000 scholarship offered by La Fondation Louisiane to be used for travel expenses. One of the recipients of a partial scholarship will be awarded the John Ashby "Ti Jean" Hernandez, III Scholarship in the amount of $500. All other partial scholarship
recipients are responsible for paying the remainder of program costs as well as round-trip airfare. All Université Sainte-Anne
scholarship recipients are responsible for paying their registration fee and transportation from the Halifax airport to the campus
in Church Point. Please speak with your French Club director or French teacher for details on how to compete for one of these
scholarships. For more information: https://www.usainteanne.ca/spring-and-summer-schools
3.
The Ecole Suisse Internationale in Paris, France offers one scholarship to a Louisiana high school senior attending the ALCFES
convention (February 27-March 1, 2015) who will be 18 years of age by July 1, 2015. It includes an intensive French program (32
courses in the week + cultural activities + materials used in class + registration fees). The student is responsible for paying his/
her international transportation to Paris and lodging with a host family (half board). A shuttle from the airport to the host family
can be also organized (at his/her own expense). The program dates are July 6-31, 2015. The student will meet his/her host family in the afternoon of July 5, 2015 and will depart no later than the morning of August 1, 2015. Please speak with your French
Club director or French teacher for details on how to compete for this scholarship. For more information: http://
www.ecolesuissefle.fr/paris
You are a high school student...
Here are your opportunities...
Partner institution
1. Université de Mons, Belgium
Duration
2½ weeks
Number of scholarships
available
3 scholarships
How to apply
ALCFES or SLU
Foreign Language Festival
2. Université Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia
5 weeks
1 full scholarship and multiple
partial scholarships
 Judge Allen Babineaux Scholarship
———
$1,000 for airfare
 John Ashby "Ti Jean" Hernandez, III
Scholarship
———
$500 for airfare
4 weeks
1 scholarship
ALCFES
2-3 weeks
1 scholarship
ALCFES
———
$1,000 for airfare
3. Ecole Suisse, France
4. Jason Dyess Scholarship (France)
 Jason Dyess Scholarship
5. Centre Linguistique du Collège de
Jonquière, Québec
5 weeks
ALCFES
There is o
The schola
The Jason
ALCFES
4. (France) The Consulat Général de France à la Nouvelle-Orléans and La Fondation Louisiane offer the Jason Dyess Scholarship to
participate in a 2-3 week summer program in France. The details will be confirmed soon. This scholarship is available to a Louisiana high school student attending the ALCFES convention (February 27-March 1, 2015) who will be at least 16 years of age by
July 1, 2015. The recipient of this scholarship will be awarded $1,000 by La Fondation Louisiane to pay for airfare. Please speak
with your French Club director or French teacher for details on how to compete for this scholarship.
5.
(Centre Linguistique du Collège de Jonquière) The Centre Linguistique du Collège de Jonquière in Quebec, Canada offers a scholarship to a 16-18 year old Louisiana high school student attending the ALCFES convention (February 27-March 1, 2015). The
scholarship will allow the student to attend the CEGEP’s 5-week summer immersion program from July 6-August 7, 2015. The
scholarship includes tuition, workshops, socio-cultural activities and lodging with a host family (with 3 meals per day). The
recipient of this scholarship is responsible for paying his/her registration fee, round-trip airfare and transportation from the
airport to the campus. For more information: www.langues-jonquiere.ca
You are a university student...
Here are your opportunities...
Partner institution
Duration
1. Université de Mons, Belgium
2½ weeks
Number of scholarships
available
7 scholarships
2. Université Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia
5 weeks
1 scholarship
3. Lions Club de France
3-4 weeks
Multiple
4. MICEFA–France
1-2 semesters
Multiple
How to apply
CODOFIL website:
www.codofil.org
CODOFIL website:
www.codofil.org
CODOFIL website:
www.codofil.org
MICEFA application
1. (Université de Mons) Scholarships to attend the summer study program at Université de Mons (July 1-17, 2015) are offered by
Wallonie-Bruxelles International and are open to French majors and minors who are 18 years of age and older. This scholarship
includes tuition, lodging fees for the university dorm, a daily stipend to cover meals and medical insurance and civil liability. The
scholarship recipient is responsible for paying his/her travel expenses.
2. (Université Sainte-Anne) One scholarship will be awarded to a Louisiana university student majoring or minoring in French. He or
she will have the choice of participating in either the spring immersion session (May 17-June 20, 2015) or in the summer session
(July 5-August 8, 2015). This scholarship includes tuition, lodging in the university dorms, meals and socio-cultural activities. The
student is responsible for purchasing his/her own registration fees, airfare and bus transfer from the airport to the university. For
more information: https://www.usainteanne.ca/spring-and-summer-schools
3. (Lions Club de France) CODOFIL is in contact with the Lions Club of France and will confirm the details at a later date.
4. (MICEFA) Louisiana students participating in the MICEFA program pay their normal home university tuition and administrative
fees but study for a maximum of one academic year at a participating Parisian university. For those who wish only to participate
in this program for one semester, MICEFA strongly recommends doing so during the Spring. MICEFA also recommends having at
least two years of university-level French courses before considering the exchange program. Upon arrival in Paris, MICEFA exchange students will participate in a 3-week orientation. During this time, MICEFA will assist its students in finding lodging.
Please note that MICEFA students are responsible for paying their own housing, transportation, books meals and other daily expenses. Those interested in the exchange program should apply directly to MICEFA via the application on their website at
micefa.org before June 1st, 2015 for the full 2015-2016 academic year or before November 1st, 2015, for the Spring 2016 session. All questions concerning this scholarship can be directed to [email protected] For more information, please go to http://
micefa.org/?page_id=254
Université Sainte-Anne 2012-2013 scholarship winner
Theo Brode with program dean Jean-Douglas Comeau.
You are a French teacher...
Here are your opportunities...
Partner institution
Duration
1. Université de Mons
Belgium
2½ weeks
Number of scholarships
available
4 scholarships
2. Université Sainte-Anne,
Nova Scotia
4 weeks
2 half-scholarships
How to apply
ALCFES, LFLTA or
CODOFIL application
on CODOFIL website
(www.codofil.org)
CODOFIL application
on CODOFIL website
(www.codofil.org)
1. (Université de Mons) All Louisiana teachers of French participating in the ALCFES convention (February 27-March 1, 2015) and
LFLTA conference (January 16-17, 2015) are eligible for a scholarship to the Université de Mons summer session (July 1-17, 2015)
offered by Wallonie-Bruxelles International. Instructions for how to compete for these scholarships will be offered at the events
themselves or by contacting Jennifer Rodriguez at CODOFIL (see contact info on last page of this guide). Louisiana teachers of
French may also apply for this scholarship by completing the application available on CODOFIL’s website (www.codofil.org) and
providing all necessary documentation. This scholarship includes tuition, lodging fees for the university dormitory, a daily stipend
to cover meals and medical insurance and civil liability. The scholarship recipient is responsible for paying his/her travel expenses.
2. (Université Sainte-Anne) Two half-scholarships to participate in an immersion session at Université Sainte-Anne will be awarded
to young professionals (including, but not exclusively educators) who wish to improve their French in order to make their workplaces more franco-responsable. He or she will have the choice of participating in either the spring immersion session (May 17June 20) or in the summer session (July 5-August 8, 2015). The scholarship pays half of the cost of tuition, lodging in the university dorms, meals and socio-cultural activities. He or she is responsible for paying for his/her registration fees, airfare and bus
transfer from the airport to the university. For more information: https://www.usainteanne.ca/5-week
Saint Louis Catholic High (Lake Charles)
teacher Emily Pettaway, 2012-2013 Wallonie-Bruxelles International scholarship
winner, in Belgium with ALCFES scholarshsip winner Heaven Moore.
You are a future French teacher...
Here are your opportunities...
Institution
Duration
Number of Scholarships
available
How to apply
Escadrille Louisiane –
Université de Rennes,
France
1 academic year
10 full scholarships
www.tapif.org
Escadrille Louisiane is a program for Louisianians with a college degree who aspire to teach French in Louisiana schools. Named
after Escadrille Lafayette, a group of 200 Americans who trained as pilots to fly for the French during World War I, the goal of Escadrille Louisiane is to fill Louisiana schools with qualified and certified fluent-French speakers from Louisiana who have their state’s
heritage languages and culture at heart.
Those wishing to participate in Escadrille Louisiane 2015-2016 must finish with an undergraduate degree by May 2015, and must
qualify for Centenary College’s Master of Arts in Teaching Program. To be eligible for this degree program, students must have a
2.5 grade point average (on the 4.0 grade point scale) and be academically eligible to return to their previous institutions. Applicants must also provide passing scores on the PRAXIS I Pre-Professional Skills Tests in Reading, Writing and Math and the PRAXIS II
Content Area Test(s) for area of certification (World Languages–French).
Escadrille Louisiane participants work as English language assistants in Rennes, France, during the 2015-2016 academic school year
while attending Université de Rennes and receiving credit towards their degree and certification from Centenary College. The first
step to applying for Escadrille Louisiane is to submit the TAPIF (Teaching Assistant Program in France) application
(www.tapif.org) by January 15th, 2015. TAPIF will then send the results for all Louisiana applicants to the Consulat Général de
France in New Orleans. Potential Escadrille Louisiane participants will then be contacted to schedule an interview. Prior to the interview, Escadrille Louisiane applicants will send an official college transcript and a letter of motivation as well as any other additional requested information to CODOFIL (735 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA 70501). This interview should take place in early
March.
The Escadrille Louisiane committee will select up to 10 of the best candidates who will agree to dedicate the three years following
their participation in the program to teaching French in a Louisiana school. In exchange, the program offers each participant coverage for the PRAXIS exams, round-trip airfare to
France, a teaching stipend of approximately
$1,000/month and pedagogical training.
Participants from Escadrille Louisiane 2011-2012
meet participants leaving for Escadrille Louisiane
2012-2013.
You are a young professional...
Here are your opportunities...
Institution
Duration
Number of Scholarships
available
How to apply
Université Sainte-Anne,
Nova Scotia
5 weeks
2 half-scholarships
CODOFIL application
on the CODOFIL website
(www.codofil.org)
Two half-scholarships to participate in an immersion session at Université Sainte-Anne will be awarded to young professionals in
any field where French could be pertinent or beneficial. Individuals applying for this half-scholarship should wish to improve their
French in order to make their workplaces more franco-responsable. He or she will have the choice of participating in either the
spring immersion session (May 17-June 20, 2015) or in the summer session (July 5-August 8, 2015). This scholarship covers half the
cost of tuition, lodging in the university dorms, meals and socio-cultural activities. The recipient is responsible for paying his/her
registration fees, airfare and bus transfer from the airport to the university. For more information: https://www.usainteanne.ca/5week
How to apply...
A complete scholarship application includes:
1) CODOFIL application
2) A letter of motivation (typed, in French and in
your own words)
3) Two letters of recommendation
From professors if you are a student
From supervisors if you are a teacher
The deadline to apply for a scholarship
is Wednesday, February 25, 2015. No
applications will be accepted after the
deadline.
4) One official university transcript
Your transcript must be mailed by your univer- All applicants will be contacted by mail
sity’s Registrar’s Office directly to CODOFIL to
and/or email no later than March 11,
be considered official.
2015.
5) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) results
You must contact one of the following professsors before January 23, 2015 to schedule your
OPI. Once you have taken your OPI, the
professor will complete an OPI rating sheet
and send it directly to CODOFIL.
Dr. Fred Adams (UL-Monroe)
[email protected]
(318) 342-1532
Fr. Peter Rogers, SJ (Loyola University)
[email protected]
(504) 865-2691
Dr. Susan Spillman (Xavier University)
[email protected]
(504) 520-5112
Complete scholarship applications must be mailed
or hand delivered to:
CODOFIL
Service des bourses
ATTN: Jennifer Rodriguez
735 rue Jefferson
Lafayette, LA 70501
Please note...

Recipients of these scholarships are required to pay a
$100 administrative fee (check made payable to La
Fondation Louisiane and Consortium of LA Colleges &
Universities written in the memo).

All scholarship winners MUST attend the orientation
meeting at CODOFIL/Le Centre International. It is tentatively set for Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 1:303:30 p.m.

A valid U.S. passport book (NOT a passport card) will
be needed for your travel abroad. Please make every
effort to apply for your passport book before April 1,
2015, as it usually takes 6-8 weeks to receive it. For
more information, please visit:
http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english

All scholarship recipients must provide their own international insurance and send proof of purchase to
CODOFIL prior to travel abroad.

All scholarship recipients who are university students
are responsible for organizing the receipt of international university credits by their home universities in
Louisiana. Please discuss your studies with your local
university advisor prior to leaving, and then discuss
transfer of university credits with your international
university while abroad. This will not be arranged by
CODOFIL upon your return.
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All recipients are required to submit a report
(including pictures) of his/her study program abroad
to CODOFIL by August 15, 2015. These reports will be
used to promote the scholarships the following year.
Some scholarship recipients may also be asked to be
interviewed and recorded for promotional videos.

As part of your scholarship acceptance, you will be
asked to participate as a volunteer at Festivals Acadiens et Creoles in Lafayette in mid-October 2015,
(Kiosque des Auteurs volunteer, Francophone band
announcer, etc.)
If you have any questions, please contact
Jennifer Rodriguez at:
CODOFIL
735 rue Jefferson
Lafayette, LA 70501
tel: (337) 262-5983
email: [email protected]
www.codofil.org